Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
TIMOTHY KELLER
When Jesus looked down from the cross, he didn’t think “I am giving myself to you because you are so attractive to me.”
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Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?
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The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him.
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The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.
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No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.
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